EXHIBIT 23.1



            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We  have  issued  our  reports dated March 1, 2006 accompanying the consolidated
financial  statements  and  management's  assessment  of  the  effectiveness  of
internal  control  over  financial  reporting  included  in the Annual Report of
P.A.M.  Transportation  Services,  Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31,  2005.  We  hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said reports
in  the  Registration  Statement of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-80505, effective June 11, 1999).

/s/ GRANT THORNTON, LLP
Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 1, 2006


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