EXHIBIT 23





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


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements No.
2-93928, No. 33-57127 and No. 33-40028 on Form S-8 of J.B. Hunt Transport
Services, Inc. of our report dated February 4, 2000 relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report is included in the December 31,
1999 annual report on Form 10-K of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.



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Little Rock, Arkansas
February 29, 2000