A bale forming apparatus according to the invention comprises a bale forming device providing a bale forming chamber, a rotatable driving member, a shaft (35), and a freewheel clutch (7, 20, 21, 22) provided between the shaft (35) and the rotatable driving member (1 ). The shaft (35) drives at least temporarily the rotatable driving member (1 ). The free-wheel clutch (7, 20, 21, 22) transfers a rotation of the shaft (35) onto the driving member (1 ). The rotated driving member (1) drives at least one part of the bale forming device. The bale forming device forms a bale in the provided bale forming chamber. At least one time the rotatable driving member (1) is rotated with respect to the shaft (35). The free-wheel clutch (7, 20, 21, 22) enables this rotation of the rotatable driving member (1 ).
