Yep you can pull a lot more if you strafe, I know a T7 prot paladin can pull practically the entire place in 1 go. I don't know much about warriors though.

I don't recommend looting at all unless you're desperate for gold. On my server it's maybe worth 200? 250? gold for a solid hour of grinding there, however your inventory will fill up fast so you'd spend time dealing with that in addition to the time spent looting. Not to mention the time spent tailoring, disenchanting, AHing, etc. I'd rather get the leveling out of the way as fast as possible because dailies at 80 are much better for money.