You make it sound like axes can't be made without industrial tech. Copper bladed axes where found dating back to 4000BC in egypt, bronze axes at 2200BC in england and ireland, Iron axes at 800BC. An axe is very much primitive tech. Primitive tech is anything that can be made without modern day tools or materials.
A cart wheel is primitive. A car wheel is not.
Primitive tech actually has a definition. It's not just a nebulous idea.
Car wheels require modern day manufacturing. Steel production needed for it was only about the 1800s.