MEX - I have had good luck with testing the SI-ACR SMART RELAY that BLUE SEA has... Not all that expensive and it will auto switch when the ALTERNATER is in BULK CHARGE MODE and parallel the second battery group to get charged at the same time... You can also force it in the two charge zones also manually...
This keeps you from ever running down the start battery...

I am planning this setup if and when I can get some monies together to get my new batteries someday soon...

I am wanting to have two separate battery groups with one in the truck bed to support my outing in the truck alone for my radio ops and then connect the two battery groups to gether when I am in camping mode... I want to use the TROJAN 150AH T1275 batteries in both places verses the 110AH shown in the schematic. Incorporated into my setup will look something like this schematic

This connects to two more batteries in my OFF-ROAD POPUP. The 80A converter/charger should charge all 4 of these batteries OK and the alternator will only need to charge the two additional batteries shown here when it is charging the start battery (total of three batteries during this time)
My scary thoughts is will my truck alternator be high enough to charge extra batteries...
Roy Ken