YES, it might be difficult to control Pd loading but your Pd will be easily present at the surface than your actual method. That's the key point, the precious metal must be present at the surface to favours the contact with reactants. By this way, you can minimise the Pd loading on your catalyst.
By the way, you cannot control the Pd loading but you can determine the Pd loading on your material.
We prepared the Pt/Bao/Al2O3/cordierite before by this pathway in a project with industrial partner (automobile constructor)