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EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference in Registration Statement No.
333-80505 of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 of
our  report  dated  March  10,  2004,  relating  to  the  consolidated financial
statements  of  the  Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2003 and
2002  (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph  concerning  the  Company's  change  in  its  method of accounting for
goodwill  to  conform  to  Statement  of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142,
Goodwill  and Other Intangible Assets, as of January 1, 2002), appearing in this
Annual  Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2003.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Little Rock, Arkansas
March 5, 2004


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