Abstract: A universal carrier attachment for pick-up vans is disclosed which may be readily mounted or dismounted from the cargo compartment of a pick-up van without requiring permanent fasteners. In one embodiment, the carrier includes a horizontal platform fitted within the cargo compartment, having first and second opposed vertical walls on which are mounted first and second horizontal lips, respectively. The horizontal lips rest on the top surfaces of the sidewalls of the cargo compartment and support the vertical wall and platform of the carrier so as to depend downwardly from the horizontal lips into the cargo compartment. The tailgate for the pick-up van then mechanically contacts the rear edge of the platform for the carrier when the tailgate is in its closed position so that the carrier is held in position in the cargo compartment and yet may be readily dismounted by merely lowering the tailgate and sliding the carrier out of the cargo compartment.