EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the inclusion in this post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement of AmeriTruck Distribution Corp. on Form S-4 of our report dated March 21, 1996 on our audit of the consolidated financial statements of AmeriTruck Distribution Corp. as of December 31, 1995 and for the year then ended, and the combined financial statements of W&L Services Corp. and Subsidiaries and Thompson Bros., Inc. (the Predecessor Company) as of December 31, 1994 and for the two years then ended. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts". COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P. Fort Worth, Texas May 31, 1996