EXHIBIT 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report on the
Consolidated Financial Statements of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2001, which report appears in the December
31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus. Our
report refers to a restatement of retained earnings to reflect an increase in
insurance claims payable in 2001.

                                                                   /s/  KPMG LLP


Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 10, 2002