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