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 5, 1999 relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and 
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, 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, 1998, which report is 
included in the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of J.B. Hunt 
Transport Services, Inc.

                                                  KPMG LLP




Little Rock, Arkansas
February 26, 1999





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