Don't restart the world! Abandoning a map is not a solution. My worlds have been running since 24/12/2012, problems can be solved.
I won't say chunkloaders are NEEDED to play these packs, users seem to be obsessed with running set up when there offline, they don't seem to appreciate that this cause additional load for players who actually are on the server. I use world anchors that need fuel on my server, I personal use one, its fine. People(players) just need to rethink there game play. If they want to load 30 chunks all the time, let them, in single player.
To answer your question, yes it would work but you are quiet likely to run into the same issue again, probably sooner than before.