On the surface of your question I think you will be pushing it with that setup. We have a JD 3020 with a 48 JD loader and we needed to coax it to lift bales that weighed in that category off of the cutting edge.
I think the geometry is simple though (I could be wrong and often am) Just need to break it down. Forget the angles in the loader frame as they are just to get around wide front's. You have a couple of levers. Lever one is from the upper/rear pivot on the loader frame to the lower/rear point where the cylinder is attached. The other lever is from where the rear of loader pivots to the center of the load. Multiply cylinder force by the first lever and then divide that by the second and you should be pretty close to your lift force.
One thing you can do is shorten the second lever. One way is as you described by using forks so you moved the lift point from the edge of the bucket to where the bucket it pins in. Nother thought is to use some old hay forks like they used to use for putting up loose hay. Chain this to the back of the bucket, this may shorten it enough to move.
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