While not having had the good fortune to fly either, I can verify that a small difference in track width can have a large effect on docility of ground stability/crosswind landing comfort. I have quite a few hours in both Tiger Moth and the Thruxton Jackaroo variant which had a 12 inch spreader to increase the track (to match the increase in fuselage width).
The 'roo was much easier to handle in crosswinds where one would have been looking for a dead into wind field in the Tiger.